Delta Forge 1: $3.6B Applied Digital AI Campus Louisiana

Status: Groundbroken / Under Construction   |   Location: Rapides Parish , Central Louisiana

Project Overview

The Delta Forge 1 AI Tech Campus represents a massive milestone in the rapid deployment of regional, high-density AI processing facilities outside the traditional North American tier-1 markets. Officially launched in June 2026 in Boyce, Louisiana, this ambitious $3.6 billion development spans across a 300-acre greenfield site specifically selected to capture rural land scale and massive localized power reserves. As part of the ongoing wave of hyperscale AI factory buildouts, Applied Digital designed the facility from the ground up to support highly resource-intensive compute tasks, serving as a dedicated environment for next-generation large language model (LLM) training, multi-modal neural network deployments, and enterprise cloud inference engines. Advanced environmental engineering and structural performance lay the technical foundation for the Delta Forge 1 architecture. Because standard data center cooling configurations fail under the thermal density generated by advanced GPU server racks, the facility moves entirely away from standard air systems. Instead, the design deploys state-of-the-art waterless, direct-to-chip, two-phase liquid cooling loops. This technical pivot guarantees high operational performance while protecting local Louisiana freshwater resources, eliminating continuous industrial water draw and lowering the site's overall resource footprint. Economically, the multi-billion-dollar project injects huge development into Rapides Parish, creating thousands of trade and construction positions at peak build-out and generating hundreds of stable, permanent technology and facilities roles.

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